OBJECTIVES To study the impact of infant walker use on motor development and injuries. POPULATION One hundred and eighty five parents or primary care givers who attended a Singapore government polyclinic from September 1993 to February 1994, with their infants between 7 to 10 months, for a developmental assessment session. SETTING A government polyclinic in Singapore. METHODS The parent o...

Extended-spectrum β lactamases (ESBLs) continue to be a major challenge in clinical setups world over, conferring resistance to the expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. An attempt was made to study the prevalence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital in Kurnool. A total of hundred collected isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae was studied for their susc...

BACKGROUND Resistance to carbapenems is developing around the world and can cause many problems for treatment of patients. Production of metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) is one of the main mechanism for this type of resistance. So, detection of MBL-producer microorganisms can prevent the spread of this type of resistance. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study 94 Acinetobacter spp. were investigated...

We conducted a randomized controlled trial of a public health and education screening program aimed at all 4,797 four to five year old children registering for kindergarten in three school districts of southern Ontario, Canada. Children received either the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) with a community health intervention program for positive screeness; the DDST with no interventio...

Routine detection of AmpC beta lactamases in Escherichia coli is cumbersome. This study was performed to determine the usefulness of a modified disc diffusion test to detect AmpC beta lactamases in E.coli. 28 non-repetitive, cefoxitin resistant isolates of E.coli were collected from cases of urinary tract infections and screened phenotypically for ESBLs and AmpC beta lactamase using DDST (cefta...

OBJECTIVE Extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing K. pneumoniae is a serious threat to the patients. This manuscript shows the comparison of phenotypic characterization methods used for ESBL K. pneumoniae and frequency distribution of these isolates in various clinical samples. METHODOLOGY Eleven different types of pathological samples collected on various time intervals were analyzed. K. pne...

BACKGROUND Infectious by Pseudomonas aeruginosa has spread worldwide and metallo-beta-lactamases (MBL) are being reported with increasing frequency. The aim of this study was to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility and distribution of blaVIM and blaIMP genes in P. aeruginosa isolates from Zanjan Province of Iran. METHODS A total of 70 P. aeruginosa isolates were identified from patients ...

Metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing gram-negative bacteria are an increasing public health concern worldwide. Screening tests for the rapid and specific identification of these pathogens are essential, and should be included among routine diagnostics in laboratories. This study aimed to determine the MBL frequency among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, and to evaluate the a...

BACKGROUND Enterobacteriaceae producing ESBL and AmpC enzymes can be associated with failure of antibiotic therapy and related morbidity and mortality. Their routine detection in microbiology laboratories is still a problem. The aim of this study was to compare the sensitivity of selected phenotypic methods. MATERIAL/METHODS A total of 106 strains of the Enterobacteriaceae family were tested,...